Reading 6 - Beck, J & Yeager, N. (1994)

This article made cut straight to the point to explain why teams fail and what people can do to increase the chance of the teams survival and success. In our western culture, it is brought about by the people in the team bringing their own individual idealism's to the group.

This article poses ideas where to support and enhance high-powered teams so they succeed. These include;

Stages of group developments.

Stage 1 - polite and forming conversation. Boundaries need to be created at this stage.

Stage 2 - decision-making, achievement, responsibility and an opportunity to use knowledge and skills, boundaries need to be challenged

Stage 3 - performing, productivity, shared responsibility and clear sense of purpose, acceptance of boundaries.

Stage 4 - ahh, relaxation, sense of satisfaction and eventually complacence. Starts to ignore boundaries.

These readings are helping me to analysis our group and hoping to goodness that we are working together successfully.